This dark view of the interior courtroom of the Golden Valley Courthouse in Beach, N.D. shows little of the original character of the building, being decorated with plastic and metal chairs and overhead florescent lights.

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This dark view of the interior courtroom of the Golden Valley Courthouse in Beach, N.D. shows little of the original character of the building, being decorated with plastic and metal chairs and overhead florescent lights.

Built in 1923, the Golden Valley County Courthouse is one of two courthouses in North Dakota with a revival style deriving inspiration from the Federalist period of American building history. It also has the distinction of being the only North Dakota courthouse to have been designed by a Montana architect (W.E. Dietrich). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1985-11-14.